Coronavirus: Government makes walk-in request testing free

The Ministry of Health has announced that Public health laboratories conducting COVID-19 testing are to conduct walk-in requests such as ill-health, contact tracing and exposure for free.

In a statement signed by its Chief Director and dated Wednesday, January 27, 2021, the Ghana Health Service has mandated that only travellers are to pay for COVID-19 testing at Public health laboratories.

The statement sighted by GhanaWeb comes on the back of a rapid increase in recorded cases in the country over the last few days.

Ghana currently has 3,813 active cases most of which were recorded in very recent days.

See the GHS directive below:

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